Daily MelWear: Monday and an October Challenge

Hi friends,

When I was composing this post in my mind, I was really excited to talk about our weekend (we had fun!) and my very first wardrobe challenge that I want to kick off in October.

But then life happened and now my mind is in other places. Please forgive my lack of excitement for today. I'm not sure it's going to get better any time soon but I certainly hope so. 

For now, let's talk about today's outfit.  The wonderful, gorgeous, kind and ever stylish Marilou of 20 York Street sent me a package full of fabulous pieces and I'm wearing two of the necklaces today.  I can't wait to style some of the other items, they'll make their appearances soon, I'm sure.  If you haven't ever checked out Marilou's blog, you really should.  She has exquisite taste and is one of the most genuinely kind and thoughtful people I've ever met.

I wanted something that would show off the necklaces and this top seemed to fit.  Plus there's the fact that I don't feel very well so a simple outfit was in order.  Pants, sweater, throw on some jewelry and leopard heels and call it an outfit. Works for me.

Now on to the October challenge.  I've been wanting to come up with some kind of a style challenge for a while but just couldn't think of one. One of my friends sent me a Facebook message with an idea and I'm going to run with it (thanks Liz!). She suggested that since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it would be a neat challenge to somehow incorporate some pink item into every single outfit. This is doubly hard for me because I've been so anti-pink for so long that I don't have very much pink in my closet!

I've only known a handful of people touched by breast cancer, but I'm sure that every single person knows someone that has been affected by the disease.  Too many people criticize fashion and style blogs for being shallow. I'd like to prove that there is more to me than just clothes.

So that's what I've decided to do.  My talented husband created the graphic for this challenge and I'm calling it Blogging for Breast Cancer aWEARness. If you'd like to participate in the challenge, send me an email with your name and blog address so that I can start a list of participants.  Make sure to grab the badge for your blog too. 

I'm planning to start this Friday, on October 1st, so that gives you a few days to think about it and let me know! Anyone can join in later in the month too. Whenever you decide to join is fine, just let me know and I'll have a list that I can add to.

That's all I've got for today.  Again, I'm sorry for the lack of excitement and I'm probably not going to be around much for a while other than posting to the blog.  I'm reading your blogs, trying to keep up with what you're all up to, but I'm not able to comment very much right now. I'm not sure when I'll be back in full swing but for right now, please keep me in prayer. Thanks everyone!

Today's outfit:
Black Pants: Charlotte Russe
Green Sweater: Plato's Closet
Leopard Stilettos: Payless
Necklaces: Courtesy of Marilou